[Hardcover] Operation Biting: OPERATION BITING: The Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Military History of the 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar

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Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Wrzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr RV Jones proposed an assault to capture key components. The nearest accessible enemy set stood upon a steep cliff at Bruneval in Normandy. Winston Churchill enthused, as did Lord Louis Mountbatten, chief of Combined Operations. A company of the newly-formed Airborne Forces was committed to the operation, which took place on the night of 27/28 February. Amid heavy snow 120 men landed, some of whom were misdropped almost two miles from their objective. They nonetheless launched the assault, dismantled the German radar, and after three nail-biting hours in France and a fierce battle with Wehrmacht defenders, escaped in the nick of time by landing-craft across stormy seas to Portsmouth.

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[Hardcover] Operation Biting: OPERATION BITING: The Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Military History of the 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar

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[Hardcover] Operation Biting: OPERATION BITING: The Sunday Times Number One Bestselling Military History of the 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar